For several days in a row, the early morning saw sleet, and afterward, snowflakes began to fill the sky.
The days passed by one after another.
As soon as the rain stopped and the weather turned clear, it was the day of guests arriving.
On this day, Zhou Jiao specially took half a day off, but in the end, she still didn’t go—too many people, too few cars.
And so Zhang Guoqing took his three sons eagerly to the station, but had to stay in the car for over half an hour longer than expected.
A delay of over half an hour didn’t actually count as a train being late.
"Dad, there are so many people."
"There are more students now, it’s different."
"Dad, Xiao Li and Zuo Cheng are outside too."
"Dad, it’s only about ten minutes, why don’t we go outside and wait too?"
No one would oppose Liu Yi’s suggestion, especially since the four of them were genuinely worried they wouldn’t be able to get close to the platform and might miss out on the best spot in the first instant.
"Fifth Uncle, my grandparents aren’t well, and my dad and the others couldn’t come, so they sent us two brothers as representatives."
Zhang Guoqing smiled and patted Zuo Li and Zuo Cheng on their shoulders.
A long "Woo..." echoed, and accompanied by the station staff, Zhang Guoqing and his three sons saw a train approaching from afar.
May 1st nudged Liu Yi’s arm, raised his chin to signal him to keep an eye on their father, to prevent him from rushing forward and squeezing into the crowd, causing Xiao Zhu and the others to get anxious.
How to put it?
Their father is a man of temperament!
But it can be understood. If it were their mother, hmm, May 1st rubbed his face, best not to imagine...
"Mom, I’m here! It’s Xiao Wu, Mom, I’m here!"
With Zhang Guoqing shouting loudly, oh dear, May 1st was so embarrassed he almost covered his face—didn’t see that the windows were all covered in a white sheet and the doors hadn’t opened yet?
—How did their dad know where their grandma was?
"Carriage No. 5, yes, that one, damn, it’s hard seats, your Second Uncle is really tough..." Zhang Guoqing muttered as he ran.
Following closely behind were his three sons, two Zuo family brothers, and two guards, Xiao Zhu.
And despite the broadcast continuously playing that the train had arrived, Mother Zhang distinctly heard her third son’s calling through the surrounding commotion, making her burst into joyous laughter.
"It’s my little Wu, kids’ dad, Xiao Wu is outside."
Mr. Zhang couldn’t hide his smile, standing up in a flash, "Where, where?"
"Old brother, don’t rush, the doors haven’t opened yet."
Opposite, Zhang the Second smiled apologetically at the person and then called Shi Tou, "Son, hurry, your Uncle is coming, let’s go."
The surrounding passengers, seeing this, all laughed heartily. Truly a family!
"Having a son in the military, it’s not easy for old brother and sister-in-law. It’s understandable they’re excited, waiting so long to see him."
"My cousin’s son also went to the military, but he went further, didn’t come home for years, and every New Year the parents would shed tears."
"Being parents is not easy."
Shi Tou heard this, twitching his temples, were all these people led astray by his grandparents? His uncle isn’t a soldier stationed at the border, seriously!
Once the doors opened, nothing could stop Mr. Zhang and Mother Zhang.
"Mom, Dad, your son is here."

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